When we two parted

• "Half broken-hearted/To sever for years"


  sever- violent & complete separation

  half&hearted- oxymoron and allit--> only he's affected
• "Pale grew thy cheek and cold/ colder thy kiss"


  pale&colder- semantic field/ imagery of death--> feelings of loss and sorrow
• "A knell in mine ear"


  knell=funeral bell->semantic field/imagery of death & metaphor--> death of relationship
• "Long, long shall I rue thee,/ Too deeply to tell"


  'rue'=theme: regret of relationship

  Regret is impossible to describe
• "In secret we met-"


  Theme: illicit love- relationship was concealed
• "secret", "silence", "spirit deceive"


  Alliteration- hushed sibilance sound--> reflects illicit relationship